Based on pure upside Bukasukas is way up there. Wright is as well.Originally Posted by Enscheff
Based on pure upside Bukasukas is way up there. Wright is as well.
I agree
Wouldn't mind taking a chance on Shane Baz or D.L Hall just to throw some other names that seem to be a little less mentioned.
"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon"
Given that he could stick at short, Royce Lewis strikes me as the highest upside guy in this year's draft.
Haha...we're talking about the Braves. It will most likely end up being someone that none of us are even talking about. Don't be surprised if it's a pitcher also.
I'm not discounting their upside simply because they're college players. I definitely think it's possible to have college players with as much, or more, upside as the top HS players. I just don't think it's true this year. I agree with Enscheff that all 5 of those HS players have a higher upside than the top college guys.
McKay, Wright, and Bukauskas are certainly good prospects. But McKay is certainly valued more for his floor than his upside. He could be a good-hitting 1B or a solid rotation piece. I don't see him as either a masher (and he has little value elsewhere as a position player) or a TOR guy. I think Greene and Gore both clearly have more upside as pitchers.
I think Wright has the biggest upside of the top college guys, but I still don't think he gets quite to Greene or Gore there. And Bukauskas is intriguing, but he's essentially a two-pitch pitcher, so I think his value comes in that if he doesn't make it as a big-time starter, he would be a shut-down RP. But again, I don't think he has the full repertoire that Greene or Gore could eventually bring.
I think after looking at the potential top 5, I like where we are.
I mean Im fine the Gore, Lewis, Adell, etc...
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Me, too. And I think that's the direction we'd go even if we were at 2-3, assuming Greene goes 1. We clearly like the HS talent.
MLB.com's new mock: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/229743...icid=151437456
Their draft goes McKay, Greene, Gore, Lewis, Wright.
I really like Kyle Wright, and while I understand the love for a lot of the HS players, he'd be a really good get for us. I just don't think it happens.
If Gore is gone by the time we pick, then I think we're absolutely going Beck with an outside chance of Adell. It's pretty uneducated, but it would be hard to see us doing anything else. I don't think Baz or Hall are guys we would take there.
Last edited by smootness; 05-12-2017 at 09:00 AM.
Beyond Royce Lewis, I'm not as impressed by the remaining high school hitters. I think the MLB mock with us taking Wright makes sense. I'm keeping my fingers crossed Lewis drops to us.
To each his own. I love Beck and Adell and like them both more than Lewis.
I just don't think Wight has a shot at getting to us. College players always go higher than expected. I don't think he gets out of the top three. But I'm with you on Lewis over the other HS hitters.
Last edited by CJ9; 05-12-2017 at 09:40 AM.
I'd rather have Lewis than Wright or Gore. So I'm hoping they get taken ahead of Lewis and he drops to us.
My Top 5 in order
1. Greene
2. Gore
3. Lewis
4. McKay
5. Beck/Adell
My top 5 right now is probably:
1. Greene
2. Beck
3. Gore
4. Adell
5. McKay
Has nothing to do with anything but Beck's photo looks like he has a little Joe Dirt in him
what, you like to see homo's naked.. that's cool..
1) Greene
2) Lewis
3) Gore
4) Adell
5) Beck
4 and 5 are interchangeable for me.
But it is so difficult to gauge the BPA in the baseball draft. The age span between most eligible players is 4 to 5 years. It's so hard to project development of high school players and high-performing college players may have already reached their ceiling.
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